Cyrus landed back on Ace's shoulder and chirped in happiness, "Big Bro, what is this place? I'm sensing even more delicacies around here!"
Ace glance at the little guy, who looks like a cute, harmless bird with a strange look in his eyes, "Are you fine after absorbing that flower? And did you say there are more things like that flower that could make you hungry, and you can even sense them? Why didn't you tell me before when I summoned you out to subdue the snake?"
Cyrus tilted its small head and innocently replied, "I'm fine, and there are many things not far away from here, but they are inferior to that flower! Oh, so the snake came from here? But I didn't sense anything that time, strange…"
Ace grunted in dissatisfaction as he knew Cyrus wasn't hiding anything. Still, this was a great and welcoming development.
Because according to the map, he was still inside the third-layer cathedral, but the difference was he was no longer bound by the trial.
Ace was wondering why that voice hadn't said anything after Cyrus literally ate the trial when it finally sounded again.
"The Third Sun and Moon Seeker, White, has taken the Sun God's holy gift!
"The Unique Trial for Sun and Moon Seeker of the third level will no longer exist!
"According to the dogma of the Sun God, if a Sun and Moon Inheritor has the ability to take the Holy Gift, all the rewards placed for the Unique Trial shall be handed down to that inheritor!
"Sun and Moon Seeker White will also be rewarded with 1000 extra days in the Secret Sun Realm!"
Ace was dumbfounded as this was the last thing he was expecting; to be rewarded instead of punishment.
Right at this moment, a golden ring suddenly flew toward Ace out of nowhere, and Ace's eyes shone with ecstasy as he guessed this ring should contain those rewards the voice had just announced.
Ace also noticed something on the map, the glittering silver location at the edge of the cathedral was now gone, and only one more silver location was left. He has a very good idea of what has caused it!
'If I knew this would be so easy and by destroying these trails, I could get the main treasures, I would've done this on the previous two trials as well!' Ace regretted not thinking before.
But he had no idea Cyrus was capable of such a thing as well as the Sun God was so generous that it could give away the entire treasure upon breaking its trial!
Nevertheless, now that he knew, it was still not too late, and there were six more layers, and now that he knew Cyrus wouldn't pose any threat, he won't be sending him back. The little guy was now his moneymaker!
"Oh, all the good stuff is in that ring! Big Bro, is that your friend? Can I thank him for all the food he's giving Cyrus?" Cyrus frivolously questioned while its tiny eyes shimmered with ecstasy as he looked at the golden ring.
"Dumb brat, you have already eaten that flower, which was clearly more precious than anything else present in this entire place. So, whatever in that ring is, it will be split 90/10 now! And you can't speak until I said so, and that guy is not our friend!" Ace transmitted in exasperation.
Cyrus chirped a moment, and then his reluctant childish voice sounded, "I understand. Big bro can keep the 10 percent treasures in that ring."
Ace rolled his eyes, hearing those reluctant words, "I'm keeping 90%, and you will be the one taking the 10%!"
"That's not fair! These numbers are so wrong! You can't trick me. I've learned counting!" Cyrus instantly cried in indignation when the painful truth was revealed.
"Hmph, you didn't say so when you quickly agreed to give me 10%. Besides, children shouldn't have so many treasures, or bad guys will take them from them." Ace said matter-of-factly.
At this moment, the ring was finally in front of him, and he took it while ignoring Cyrus's ranting chirps.
When Ace put the ring on and probe inside, he was astonished because this storage ring was ten cubic miles wide. The biggest storage ring he has seen to this day was three cubic miles High-Grade-7 which means this was at least a Low Grade-8 Storage Ring!
Furthermore, Ace was dazzled by the mountains of Qi Stones and Soul Crystals inside the rings, and the thick Martial Qi and Soul Qi emitting, was evidence of them being at least peak Grade-6, and they were just the lowest level Qi stones and Soul crystals present in the ring.
Then there were precious materials that were all emitting high levels of heat, and they were exclusive for the Inheritor of the Sun God. There were also ten beautiful swords, no less precious than his Dark Feather Sword, if not superior.
Despite almost all the ring being filled with fire-type treasures, what truly drew Ace's attention were three things that stood out more than anything else.
First, there was a 1-meter-long rectangular box that was covered with a glass case, and inside this glass case were arranged 8 Golden Jade scrolls!
The second thing was an exquisite floating full-body black armor with a golden sun symbol on its chest, and the floating armor was holding a long crimson sword in its grip.
"The rewards of the Unique Trial have been bestowed!
"Sun and Moon Seeker will now grant the passage to the Middle Layer's first level!"
Ace was still wondering about what that crystal was when the voice rang, and a swirling passage appeared in front of him.
Ace then put apprising that crystal on hold and stowed away the storage ring, and stepped inside the passage toward the next layer.
Now Ace only had one goal, to find the trial grounds and then have Cyrus take the trial instead of him before reaping the free rewards until he reaches the 9th and final layer where his true goal lies!